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Crabapple trees on reclaimed surface mine
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RGrizzzz
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Did you incorporate it or leave it on the top? While that seems like a lot, a triaxle holds about 22 tons. So you got two truck loads.
I got 3- 1/2 triaxles. I also mixed 4 ton pelletized lime in with my manure spreader.
This was done in late August. The only thing I did was drag a spiked chain harrow. The ground was rock solid from lack of rain.
The majority was put on the 5 acres where I'm getting the stone crusher in.
Hindsight I should have waited until this spring.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
How exactly does ordering trees like this work? You pay now and they send them in the spring?
I've never really considered it because of the travel and schedule issues. I'm never really sure when I'll be able to go. Hate to spend a bunch of money on trees only to have them go to waste because I can't go plant them.
I've never really considered it because of the travel and schedule issues. I'm never really sure when I'll be able to go. Hate to spend a bunch of money on trees only to have them go to waste because I can't go plant them.
RGrizzzz
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Yes, order now and ship/pick up in spring. Some places (Blue Hill) can be flexible when they ship and let you pick up, so you can work around your schedule and weather. My wife loves my tentatively scheduled planting trips.
I have around 200+ apple trees planted and caged without adding stone around the trees and I've never had severe vole issues - perhaps under 10 trees have had vole damage with only a couple tree deaths. Using aluminum screen on the trunks is important and I bury the base of the aluminum screen under a couple inches of dirt to make it more difficult for the voles to access the trunks. Some of my soil is very sandy and I build it up by adding organic matter. I use layers of leaves, grass, etc. to smother the weeds for the first few years until the trees are established enough to hold their own.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Some tree places say to use woodchips / mulch without a weedmat. It keeps the critters out of the mulch. Sort of gives them a nice tunneling area.
Stone might be not needed. I had about 1/2 of a row of plum trees get girdled by voles when I started out doing this. MY real problem was not taking care of the cages with weed control. After spraying weeds 2 or 3 times a year, I 've had zero problems with what I do.
When I mow my nearby foodplot, litterally hundreds of voles come out of the woodwork. Probably kill like 200+ in the 1/2 acre.. I have my backyard area right next to the foodplot. I mow it every 3 weeks or so. No voles in there.
Mine is worth it's weight in gold for your soil. You correct the pH, often the nutrient ratios come out fairly decent.
Your place sound alot better than the typical reclaimed mine area. As long as your above 5.5, you should be ok. 36 tons over 10 acres, you should be just fine by now.
Stone might be not needed. I had about 1/2 of a row of plum trees get girdled by voles when I started out doing this. MY real problem was not taking care of the cages with weed control. After spraying weeds 2 or 3 times a year, I 've had zero problems with what I do.
When I mow my nearby foodplot, litterally hundreds of voles come out of the woodwork. Probably kill like 200+ in the 1/2 acre.. I have my backyard area right next to the foodplot. I mow it every 3 weeks or so. No voles in there.
Mine is worth it's weight in gold for your soil. You correct the pH, often the nutrient ratios come out fairly decent.
Your place sound alot better than the typical reclaimed mine area. As long as your above 5.5, you should be ok. 36 tons over 10 acres, you should be just fine by now.
